People who were uninsured last year have a chance to avoid a penalty on their future taxes, now that the federal government has extended the sign-up period for getting health coverage through the federally run marketplace.

The leader of the minority Democrats in the state Assembly says that Walker's announcement that he'd sign right-to-work legislation is an example of how the governor has misled the people of Wisconsin.

State and local officials are confused as to why Gov. Scott Walker has proposed transferring southwest Wisconsin’s Kickapoo Valley Reserve from the Department of Tourism to the Department of Natural Resources. Many people voiced their opposition to the switch during a community meeting Thursday night.

The editor of The Progressive Magazine and a former Republican state lawmaker had starkly different reactions to President Barack Obama's remarks earlier this week regarding religious extremism.

On Wednesday, Obama explained his administration’s response to violent attacks by the Islamic State group, also called ISIS, during a three-day Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. Obama emphasized that the United States is fighting violent extremism, not the religion of Islam.

Ruth Conniff, the editor of The Progressive, agrees with Obama’s distinction between religious extremists and the majority of Muslims.

"I think a lot of American Muslims are grateful for that statement because they don’t like...